Tricking a Cab to Play Vertical shooters horizontally

FrostbayneAucti

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Could you change the wiring of your joystick harness to make Up-Left and Down Right and so on so that you could play something like Ikkaruga on a horizontal cab? Other than the text being sideways it should control fine, right?
 
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I can't play verts like this. I die a lot more than when the game scrolls correctly for some weird reason.

Just get a candy cab with a rotatable monitor. That's the ideal solution.
 
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FrostbayneAucti said:
Could you change the wiring of your joystick harness to make Up-Left and Down Right and so on so that you could play something like Ikkaruga on a horizontal cab? Other than the text being sideways it should control fine, right?
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just change the places of the microswitches on your joystick, easy as pie :)
i can take a picture if you dont know what im talking about?
 
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If you go through with this,it would mean that you'll have to keep switching the microswitches back and forth in order to play horizontal games...

What gives?

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Bigp0ppaLarge said:
What gives?
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maybe his monitor is a pain to rotate?

changing the micro switches takes about 5 mins and a monkey could do it

im in no way suggesting i recommend it, verts should be played vertically.. but why not present an alternative since he asked :)
 
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Do all vertical shooters need the monitor rotated?

I am thinking of getting a supergun to play mainly shooters. I do not want to have to buy a special monitor to play. Any info would be nice.
 
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thefub said:
Do all vertical shooters need the monitor rotated?

I am thinking of getting a supergun to play mainly shooters. I do not want to have to buy a special monitor to play. Any info would be nice.
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Not all..

Giga Wing, Marx matrix (I think) and the verticle shoots on the Neo don't.....

But most Vericle SHooters will play from left to right on a normal monitor....

Play it in mame....

If it takes up the whole screen, then it works on a horizontal monitor.

IF it is cropped on the sides, then it requires a verticle monitor...
 
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norton9478 said:
Not all..

Giga Wing, Marx matrix (I think) and the verticle shoots on the Neo don't.....

But most Vericle SHooters will play from left to right on a normal monitor....

Play it in mame....

If it takes up the whole screen, then it works on a horizontal monitor.

IF it is cropped on the sides, then it requires a verticle monitor...
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Thank you. :)
 
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If wanted you could wire up a 4-pole-2-position switch. Wire one set for one orientation and the other orientation the other way. No changing microswitches this way!
 
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